# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kawaji-toshiyoshi
# Generated: 2026-08-15T12:58:54.670Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kawaji-toshiyoshi"
name: "Kawaji Toshiyoshi"
slug: "kawaji-toshiyoshi"
description: "Kawaji Toshiyoshi , also known as Kawaji Toshikane, was a Japanese military general, politician, and samurai during the Meiji period. A Satsuma Domain samurai initially tasked to study foreign systems for application in the Japanese military, Kawaji fought against forces loyal to the Tokugawa shogunate during the Boshin War. Later, his work on setting up the Japanese police at the aftermath of the Meiji Restoration, first as rasotsu, and then as keisatsu, earned him the recognition as the founder of Japan's modern police system . Besides his police and military work, he was also noted for his contributions to the development of Kendo, a Japanese martial art."
tagline: "Japanese politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Toshiyoshi_Kawaji.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1834-06-17"
deathDate: "1879-10-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.33
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.682950666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B7%9D%E8%B7%AF%E5%88%A9%E8%89%AF"
    title: "川路利良"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A7%DA%86%D9%89_%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%89"
    title: "كاواچى توشيوشى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawaji_Toshiyoshi"
    title: "Kawaji Toshiyoshi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawaji_Toshiyoshi"
    title: "Kawaji Toshiyoshi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AC%DB%8C_%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B4%DB%8C%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B4%DB%8C"
    title: "کاواجی توشییوشی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawaji_Toshiyoshi"
    title: "Kawaji Toshiyoshi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B7%9D%E8%B7%AF%E5%88%A9%E8%89%AF"
    title: "川路利良"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawaji_Toshiyoshi"
    title: "Kawaji Toshiyoshi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawaji_Toshiakira"
    title: "Kawaji Toshiakira"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3194335"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump